11 Awesome Movie Scenes That Almost Didn't Happen

4. Shawarma - The Avengers

Not every great scene needs to be entirely transformative to a film's plot. Some of the most memorable and the most talked about can be throw-away moments that add something to the mythology of the characters, which is very much the case with the hastily added mid-credits scene that came with The Avengers.

Initially, the film's only post-credits content was the reveal of Thanos but Joss Whedon decided that wasn't enough and decided to build in a punch-line to Tony Stark's mention of shawarma earlier in the film. Remarkably, he somehow got Marvel to agree to shoot the scene two days AFTER the world premiere, which has to be the latest reshoot ever on record.

In the process, Marvel beat Warner Bros to the punch by several years in the race to deal with an actor returning for reshoots with non-removable facial hair. They simply slapped a big rubber chin on Chris Evans (who had grown a beard for Snowpiercer) and made him cover it with his hand...